Motown 25: Yesterday – Today – Forever, an updated version of the legendary Motown 25 TV Special, will premiere on most public television stations on February 28, 2015 at 8pm ET, then will repeat immediately following. TJ Lubinsky, executive producer and co-host of public television’s “My Music,” series has created a 7-CD set of original Motown Hits, classic album tracks and rarities to accompany the airing of this classic special.

Titled Motown: Big Hits & More, the boxed set is a compelling collection of not just “the same old songs,” but many of the radio hits, regional hits and flip side favorites from the Gordy, Soul and Tamla/Motown labels. “I had the chance to grow up from New Jersey to South Florida to Pennsylvania, so I heard Motown on the radio not only in the Garden State, but also in New York and especially in Philadelphia”, says Lubinsky. “This gave me a special taste for different flavors of classic Motown that each region of the country loved to hear on the radio.

"In putting together this unique 7-CD set, I wanted to create a unique package that featured all these great songs, including 25 new stereo mixes of classic songs," Lubinsky elaborates. "We had the extraordinary opportunity to go through the Motown archives and have access to the original tapes and sessions, going back to the original stages and pre-mixed stages of recording sessions done at Hitsville gave us so many amazing surprises. Most often the songs went much longer than the fades we are used to hearing – and sometimes even extra verses were uncovered, like Smokey Robinson and The Miracles ad-libbing the line, 'the tracks of my tears, I’ve been crying for years' which has never been heard before because it was on the original session tapes past the fade-out on the 45."

The entire CD collection will be available to members that pledge to public television stations during the February 28 national broadcast of Motown 25 (8pm ET, 7pm CT - check local listings), and at www.treasurycollection.com. Motown 25 is under license from Berry Gordy’s West Grand Media and jointly distributed by StarVista Entertainment and TJL for public television stations.

CD#2
1. The Way You Do The Things You Do – The Temptations
2. I Want A Love I Can See – The Temptations
3. You're A Wonderful One – Marvin Gaye
4. In My Lonely Room - Martha & The Vandellas
5. Every Little Bit Hurts - Brenda Holloway
6. My Guy Mary Wells
7. Looking For The Right Guy – Kim Weston
8. I Like It Like - That Miracles
9. Dancing In The Street – Martha & The Vandellas
10. Baby I Need Your Loving - Four Tops
11. Would I Love You – The Miracles
12. How Sweet It Is - Marvin Gaye
13. Girl Why You Wanna Make Me Blue – The Temptations
14. Needle In A Haystack – The Velvelettes
15. Where Did Our Love Go – The Supremes
16. Ask Any Girl – The Supremes
17. Without The One You Love – Four Tops
18. Since I Lost My Baby – The Temptations
19. You Lost The Sweetest Boy - Mary Wells
20. Sweet Thing – The Spinners
21. Baby Love – The Supremes
22. My Girl – The Temptations

CD #3
1. Come See About Me - The Supremes
2. Shotgun - Jr. Walker & His All Stars - EXTENDED MIX
3. Nowhere To Run - Martha & The Vandellas
4. Don't Look Back – The Temptations
5. I'll Be Doggone - Marvin Gaye
6. Ooh Baby Baby – The Miracles
7. Back In My Arms Again – The Supremes
8. I Can't Help Myself - Four Tops
9. Tracks Of My Tears – The Miracles - EXTENDED MIX
10. A Fork In The Road - The Miracles
11. It's The Same Old Song - Four Tops
12. Nothing But Heartaches – The Supremes
13. Ain’t That Peculiar - Marvin Gaye - EXTENDED MIX
14. Take In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While) - Kim Weston
15. My Baby – The Temptations
16. Everything Is Good About You – The Supremes
17. I Hear A Symphony – The Supremes
18. Uptight - Stevie Wonder - EXTENDED MIX
19. My World Is Empty Without You – The Supremes
20. Since I Lost My Baby – The Temptations
21. Put Yourself In My Place – The Elgins
22. Going To A Go-Go – The Miracles - EXTENDED MIX

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